6 August 1925 in Clapton, London[registered as Edward F. in
Hackney in September 1925]

Married

to Elsie D. Bowers[registered as Edward F. in
Hackney in December 1947]

Died

13 October 2010, at Welwyn Garden City hospital, aged 85 years, 69
days, after a short illness.

Height/Weight

5' 7", 10st 13lbs
[1953].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com.

Club Career

Club(s)

Began as a schoolboy in Hackney, also
representing Middlesex at schoolboy level. Joined Tottenham Hotspur
Juniors when he was only 14 years-old. Played for Finchley in the
mid-forties, and also played Army football (British Army on the Rhine
XI). After turning down the chance to sign for rivals Chelsea
FC, Baily turned professional with Tottenham Hotspur FC in October 1947,
after making his debut earlier in the January. After ten years,
in which he scored 64 league goals in 296 league appearances, Baily joined Port Vale FC in
January 1956 for £8,000. But after eight goals in 26 league
appearances, he transferred to Nottingham Forest FC in October 1956 for
£4,500,scored another fourteen league goals in 68 league
appearances, before joining Leyton Orient FC in December 1958 for
another 29
league appearances and three goals, retiring from playing in the summer of
1961. In total, he scored 89 league goals in 419 league appearances.

Club honours

Football League
Division Two winners 1949-50; Football League Champions
1950-51;

Individual honours

Football League(six appearances)

Distinctions

None

Source

Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Coaching Career

Club(s)

After retiring
from playing in the summer of 1961, Baily became a coach at Leyton Orient
FC. Rejoined Tottenham Hotspur FC as assistant manager in October
1963, a position he kept until September 1974. Became a scout for
Chelsea FC in October 1974. Became chief scout of West Ham United FC
in 1976, where he remained until 1992.

During his time as a Chelsea scout, he was
a PE teacher at Bishop Stopford's School, Enfield. Remained a West
Ham United FC scout until his retirement in 1992. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p. 18.

Eddie Baily - Career Statistics

Squads

Apps

Comp.
Apps

Starts

Sub on

Sub off

Mins.

Goals

Goals
Av.min

Comp.
Goals

Capt.

Disc.

14+

9

5

9

0

0

810

5

162 min

5

none

none

Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation.